Lore of Beasts

The Lore of Beasts is a lore of magic in Total War: Warhammer.

Lore Attribute

Wild Heart

The spellcaster attunes the magic of the wild, channelling its ancient and arcane power.

• The Passive of the Lore, active mapwide on casting another spell.
• Increase to power reserves for 29 seconds
• Inproved power recharge rate for 29 seconds

Spells

Flock of Doom

With a mighty bellow, the Wizard invokes Corvus the Crow Lord, summoning his servants to peck at the foe's eyes.

Overview
Type:	Direct Damage
Strength:	Weak and disposable, can help in a pinch. Low costs and recharge.
Cast
Power Cost:	6
Recharge Time:	32 seconds
Wind up Time:	1 seconds
Target:	Enemy, Ground
Effected Units:	No Limit
Area of Effect:	30
Range:	200m
Direct Damage
Duration:	7 seconds
Frequency:	1
Chance:	15%
AP Damage:	18
Maximum Damaged Entities::	6

Pann's Impenetrable Pelt

Calling upon the beast-spirits of the wild, the Wizard sheathes his vulnerable flesh in unyielding fur and hide.

Overview
Type:	Augment
Strength:	Useful in the right context. Balanced cost and recharge.
Cast
Power Cost:	8
Recharge Time:	62 seconds
Wind up Time:	3 seconds
Target:	Ally
Effected Units:	1
Range:	200m
Augment
Duration:	50 seconds
Effect:	+24% Movement Speed +22 Physical resistance

The Amber Spear

Sounding a gnarled horn, the Wizard summons a glowing amber spear and hurls it at the foe with uncanny accuracy.

Overview
Type:	Magic Missiles
Strength:	Useful in the right context. Balanced cost and recharge.
Cast
Power Cost:	10
Recharge Time:	63 seconds
Wind up Time:	3 seconds
Target:	Enemy
Effected Units:	No Limit
Range:	200m
Projectile
Number of Projectiles:	1
Damage:	0
AP Damage:	432
Minimum Range:	10
Maximum Range:	200
Velocity:	75
Collision Radius:	1
Explosion
Damage:	0
AP Damage:	108
Radius:	2
Force:	125

The Curse of Anraheir

At the Wizard's command, nebulous nature spirits assail the foe, clawing with hands not nearly as insubstantial as they first appear.

Overview
Type:	Hex
Strength:	Strong and long lasting effects. High costs and recharge.
Cast
Power Cost:	11
Recharge Time:	78 seconds
Wind up Time:	3 seconds
Target:	Enemy, Ground
Effected Units:	No Limit
Area of Effect:	45
Range:	200m
Hex
Duration:	39 seconds
Effect:	-24% Movement Speed -30 Accuracy -24 Melee attack

Transformation of Kadon

There is also a unique spell version of Transformation of Kadon, which summons a Varghulf instead for the Von Carstein Vampire Lord. Elven mages also summon Great Eagles instead of Manticores.

Kadon was able to shift his shape to that of any monster, even a Manticore. One day he found he could not change back...

Overview
Type:	Augment
Strength:	Strong and long lasting effects. High costs and recharge.
Cast
Power Cost:	18
Recharge Time:	84 seconds
Wind up Time:	5 seconds
Target:	Ally, Ground
Effected Units:	1
Range:	60m
Augment
Duration:	11 seconds
Effect:	Summons a Feral Manticore which can rampage on the battlefield.

Wyssan's Wildform

The Wizard unleashes the beast within, using its fury to transform his allies into bestial forms.

Overview
Type:	Augment
Strength:	Weak and disposable, can help in a pinch. Low costs and recharge.
Cast
Power Cost:	5
Recharge Time:	33 seconds
Wind up Time:	1 seconds
Target:	Ally
Effected Units:	1
Range:	200m
Augment
Duration:	14 seconds
Effect:	+15 Armour +22% Weapon Damage

Strategy

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The lore attribute is notable for adding magic to the reserve as well as increasing recharge rate, simultaneously giving you more magic as well as improving the rate at which you get it. The recharge rate is only half as effective as the attributes from the Lore of Death and Lore of the Big Waaagh! However, the increase to reserves helps maintain your pool of magic. While this is not exploitable for Infinite magic, the additional casting it provides is useful.

Flock of Doom is a solid direct damage spell in an area of effect. It can do good damage against clumps of enemies or units vulnerable to magic. It does not do the most damage, however the fact that it is guaranteed magic ensures its value. Pann's Impenetrable Pelt, is good for protecting a unit from incoming damage as well as giving them the movement to engage with foes or disengage. Generally best used for damage resistance rather than speed. The Amber spear is a cheap and useful missile spell that penetrates deep into unit formations so if lined up correctly can go through multiple models of elite infantry, killing them instantly. The Curse of Anraheir has a number of different effects, but is generally good for lowering melee attack and speed of enemies. Transformation of Kadon is very valuable for the ability to manifest a terror causing flying unit. Notably, the manticore rampages quite easily, so you really get one chance to target it onto a foe before you lose control. Finally, Wyssan's Wildform is a good hybrid spell that boosts damage and armour of a unit. This can be valuable, but be aware of the armour piercing of your enemy and how much armour they are wearing as both can mitigate the spell's effectiveness.

Overall, a diverse lore of magic that can accomplish a variety of tasks. Its spells generally cover a variety of roles, but makes it harder for them to excel at one role in particular. For example, you can boost the armour and weapon damage of a unit, but neither to absurd heights. Or you can boost the movement speed and physical resistance of a unit, but neither super well.

In Multiplayer, many people bring the Lore of Beasts purely to summon Manticores. However, it is a good idea to bring an additional spell as well. Only two manticores can be summoned per game and it is easy to have winds of magic left over. If the battle does not end quickly, there is a good chance you will have unused magic left over which can be spent on a cheap second spell like Wyssan's Wildform or the Amber Spear.

Lore Attributes

The Wild Heart improve to recharge rate boosts regen by .075. This is half of Life Leeching (Lore of Death) and Power of Da Waaagh! (Lore of Big Waaagh!) which improve regen by .15. This makes sense as Wild Heart also improves power reserves by 10 winds. What is also interesting is that Sneaky Stealin' (Lore of Little Waagh!) reduced recharge rates also does .075. This means that if Wild Heart and Sneaky Stealin' were active at the same time they would cancel each other out. Whereas Sneaky Stealin would only halve the effectiveness of the other two mentioned above.

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Trivia

With the Shadow and the Blade dlc, CA introduced a transformation ability for Malus and Tz'arkan. As the flavor text for Transformation of Kadon suggests, it is supposed to turn your caster into a manticore rather than summon one. Upon release of the dlc, CA made a statement that they considered changing the spell to a transformation rather than a summon. However, they thought that players would usually opt to keep their caster rather than turn it into a manticore (Having a spellcaster is much more useful than having a single manticore usually). As such, they decided not to change the spell.

Interestingly, the Lore of Beasts may be the most available Lore of magic across factions. Being available to eight different factions where most are only available to four or five.

Units

High Elves

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  Loremaster of Hoeth

Empire

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  Amber Wizard

Beastmen

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  Bray-Shaman (Beasts)

Bretonnia

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  Prophetess (Beasts)

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  Damsel (Beasts)

Wood Elves

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  Durthu

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  Spellsinger (Beasts)

Lizardman

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  Skink Priest (Beasts)

Dark Elves

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  Supreme Sorceress (Beasts)

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  Sorceress (Beasts)

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